This release presents counts of Australian businesses and is sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Business Register (ABSBR).

This release represents the seventh update to Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, initially released in February 2007.

This series replaces all previous business counts releases, which can be found on the ABS website.

FUTURE RELEASES

The next release of Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits is scheduled for February 2017. A publication PDF will not be produced for this or any future release of Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits. At this point in time, all future data and metadata released in Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits are expected to be published on the ABS website in Excel spreadsheet, ABS.Stat and HTML webpage formats only.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.